The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
dropbearconvert – convert between Dropbear and OpenSSH private key formats Synopsisdropbearconvert input_type output_type input_file output_file DescriptionDropbear and OpenSSH SSH implementations have different private key formats. dropbearconvert can convert between the two. Dropbear uses the same SSH public key format as OpenSSH, it can be extracted from a private key by using dropbearkey -y Encrypted private…
driverless – PPD generator utility for driverless printing Synopsisdriverless [-h | –help | –version] [-d | -v | –debug] [list] [_ipps._tcp] [_ipp._tcp] [–std-ipp-uris] | [cat driver URI] | [IPP printer URI]Descriptiondriverless generates PPD files for printers which are designed for driverless IPP printing (currently IPP Everywhere, AirPrint, Mopria, and Wi-Fi-Direct printers, network printers and also…
drill – get (debug) information out of DNS(SEC) Synopsisdrill [ OPTIONS ] name [ @server ] [ type ] [ class ] Descriptiondrill is a tool to designed to get all sorts of information out of the DNS. It is specificly designed to be used with DNSSEC. The name drill is a pun on dig….
drawtiming – generate timing diagram from signal description Synopsis[–verbose ] [–scale factor ] [–pagesize WxH ] [–aspect ] [–cell-height H ] [–cell-width W ] [–font-size pts ] [–line-width W ] –-output target file … DescriptionThis application provides a command line tool for documenting hardware and software designs through ideal timing diagrams. It reads signal descriptions…
dragon – a video player that has a usability focus Synopsis dragon [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [URL]Descriptiondragon player plays audio and video in different formats. Generic Options–help Show help about options. –help-qt Show Qt specific options. –help-kde Show KDE specific options. –help-all Show all options. –author Show author information. -v, –version Show version information. –license Show license…
dptsv – mutual converter between TSV and QDBM Depot database Synopsisdptsv import [-bnum num] [-bin] name dptsv export [-bin] name DescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the dptsv commands. The command dptsv features mutual conversion between a database of Depot and a TSV text. This command is useful when data exchange with another version of QDBM…
dptest – test cases for QDBM Depot Synopsisdptest write [-s] name rnum bnum dptest read [-wb] name dptest rcat [-c] name rnum bnum pnum align dptest combo name dptest wicked [-c] name rnum DescriptionThe command `dptest’ is a utility for facility test and performance test. Check a database generated by the command or measure the…
dpromdic – Convert the binary-form Romaji-to-Kana conversion table into the text-form table Synopsysdpromdic [ file ] Descriptiondpromdic converts the binary-form Romaji-to-Kana conversion table into the text-form table. It then outputs the result to the standard output. After a dictionary table is converted into the binary dictionary by using mkromdic(1), dpromdic can returns it to the…
dprofpp – display perl profile data Synopsisdprofpp [-a|-z|-l|-v|-U] [-d] [-s|-r|-u] [-q] [-F] [-I|-E] [-O cnt] [-A] [-R] [-S] [-g subroutine] [-G <regexp> [-P]] [-f <regexp>] [profile] dprofpp -T [-F] [-g subroutine] [profile] dprofpp -t [-F] [-g subroutine] [profile] dprofpp -G <regexp> [-P] [profile] dprofpp -p script [-Q] [other opts] dprofpp -V [profile] DescriptionThe dprofpp command…
dpmgr – administration utility for QDBM Depot Synopsisdpmgr create [-s] [-bnum num] name dpmgr put [-kx|-ki] [-vx|-vi|-vf] [-keep|-cat] [-na] name key val dpmgr out [-kx|-ki] name key dpmgr get [-nl] [-kx|-ki] [-start num] [-max num] [-ox] [-n] name key dpmgr list [-nl] [-k|-v] [-ox] name dpmgr optimize [-bnum num] [-na] name dpmgr inform [-nl] name…
dpkg – package manager for Debian Synopsisdpkg [option…] action WarningThis manual is intended for users wishing to understand dpkg‘s command line options and package states in more detail than that provided by dpkg –help. It should not be used by package maintainers wishing to understand how dpkg will install their packages. The descriptions of what…
dpkg-vendor – queries information about distribution vendors Synopsisdpkg-vendor [option…] command Descriptiondpkg-vendor is a tool to query information about vendors listed in /etc/dpkg/origins. /etc/dpkg/origins/default contains information about the current vendor. Commands–is vendor Exits with 0 if the current vendor is vendor. Otherwise exits with 1. –derives-from vendor Exits with 0 if the current vendor distribution is…
dpkg-trigger – a package trigger utility Synopsisdpkg-trigger [option…] trigger-name dpkg-trigger [option…] command Descriptiondpkg-trigger is a tool to explicitly activate triggers and check for its support on the running dpkg. This can be used by maintainer scripts in complex and conditional situations where the file triggers, or the declarative activate triggers control file directive, are insufficiently…
dpkg-statoverride – override ownership and mode of files Synopsisdpkg-statoverride [option…] command Description“stat overrides” are a way to tell dpkg(1) to use a different owner or mode for a path when a package is installed (this applies to any filesystem object that dpkg handles, including directories, devices, etc.). This can be used to force programs that…
dpkg-split – Debian package archive split/join tool Synopsisdpkg-split [option…] command Descriptiondpkg-split splits Debian binary package files into smaller parts and reassembles them again, to support the storage of large package files on small media such as floppy disks. It can be operated manually using the –split, –join and –info options. It also has an automatic…
dpkg-source – Debian source package (.dsc) manipulation tool Synopsisdpkg-source [option…] command Descriptiondpkg-source packs and unpacks Debian source archives. None of these commands allow multiple options to be combined into one, and they do not allow the value for an option to be specified in a separate argument. Commands-x, –extract filename.dsc [output-directory] Extract a source package…
dpkg-shlibdeps – generate shared library substvar dependencies Synopsisdpkg-shlibdeps [option…] [-e] executable [option…] Descriptiondpkg-shlibdeps calculates shared library dependencies for executables named in its arguments. The dependencies are added to the substitution variables file debian/substvars as variable names shlibs:dependency-field where dependency-field is a dependency field name. Any other variables starting with shlibs: are removed from the file….
dpkg-scansources – create Sources index files Synopsisdpkg-scansources [option…] binary-dir [override-file [path-prefix]] > Sources Descriptiondpkg-scansources scans the given binary-dir for .dsc files. These are used to create a Debian source index, which is output to stdout. The override-file, if given, is used to set priorities in the resulting index records and to override the maintainer field…
dpkg-scanpackages – create Packages index files Synopsisdpkg-scanpackages [option…] binary-path [override-file [path-prefix]] > Packages Descriptiondpkg-scanpackages sorts through a tree of Debian binary packages and creates a Packages file, used by apt(8), dselect(1), etc, to tell the user what packages are available for installation. These Packages files are the same as those found on Debian archive sites…
dpkg-repack – put an unpacked .deb file back together Synopsisdpkg-repack [–root=dir] [–arch=architecture] [–generate] packagename [packagename …] Descriptiondpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a Debian package that has already been installed on your system. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (ie, conffiles files in /etc modified), the new…